This is England

[PapaSkin]

SHANE MEADOWS’s boots-and-braces drama begins with a rude blast of 1980s nostalgia. Newsreel footage of marching miners, the Falklands conflict, Greenham Common and the storming of the Iranian Embassy are jumbled up with tabloid memories of Roland Rat, the Rubik Cube craze, Space Invaders and scenes from the royal wedding. The whole glorious montage is meticulously cut and pasted over a vintage ska track by Toots and the Maytals. This is the England that 12-year-old Shaun inherits in 1983. His father has returned from the Falklands in a body bag and his worried mother cannot fill the aching void. Shaun, played by Thomas Turgoose, is bullied at school for wearing flares, and ostracised for being a loser. The film shapes up like one of those state-of-the-nation parables that made Play for Today such compelling viewing. Shaun’s life is transformed by a gang of local skinheads. Their genial leader, Woody, is amused by the boy’s gloomy wit, and moved by his anguish. Shaun is rapidly adopted by these scary-looking clones. The girls shave off his hair and dress him in Doc Martens and Ben Sherman shirts. READ MORE...

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[bat_girl]

SHANE MEADOWS’s boots-and-braces drama begins with a rude blast of 1980s nostalgia. Newsreel footage of marching miners, the Falklands conflict, Greenham Common and the storming of the Iranian Embassy are jumbled up with tabloid memories of Roland Rat, the Rubik Cube craze, Space Invaders and scenes from the royal wedding. The whole glorious montage is meticulously cut and pasted over a vintage ska track by Toots and the Maytals. This is the England that 12-year-old Shaun inherits in 1983. His father has returned from the Falklands in a body bag and his worried mother cannot fill the aching void. Shaun, played by Thomas Turgoose, is bullied at school for wearing flares, and ostracised for being a loser. The film shapes up like one of those state-of-the-nation parables that made Play for Today such compelling viewing. Shaun’s life is transformed by a gang of local skinheads. Their genial leader, Woody, is amused by the boy’s gloomy wit, and moved by his anguish. Shaun is rapidly adopted by these scary-looking clones. The girls shave off his hair and dress him in Doc Martens and Ben Sherman shirts. READ MORE...

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hmmm. looks pretty good.

[PUNISHER]

Finally, a description. The trailer was completely vague. I'd like to see that.